If you suffer from chronic back pain, read on… There’s little doubt that today the Western World is in the midst of a back pain epidemic. The numbers are staggering: there’s an 80% chance that at some point in your life you’ll suffer from severe back pain, and treating back pain costs about $26 billion …
Understanding stress can change your life So what is stress? We commonly use this term in everyday life and as a Manchester based life coach and psychotherapist, I help people who are suffering with stress and its fallout at our Manchester city centre clinic daily. But what does it actually mean? The stress response starts in the brain …
Stress Impacts Our Mental Wellbeing, We Need to Recognise and Talk About It More… Read More »
Should you do a rapid body transformation? The personal training industry these days is full of short term transformations. Sensational ‘before’ and ‘after’ pictures are everywhere, and there seems to be a constant race to deliver better results in less time. But not everyone agrees that these rapid body ‘transformations’ are a positive thing. And …
Rapid Body Transformations: Desirable or Dangerous? Read More »
Want a better body and better health? Then getting your digestive system in order is an important factor. Do you ever feel as though: you’re 6 months pregnant (when you’re not) you’re unable to eat a full meal without feeling unwell your tummy has been inflated with air the meal you had two days ago …
You don’t need to go extreme to get the body you want… When it comes to losing fat in a hurry we tend to find a lot of people taking drastic measures like semi-starving themselves and following extreme diets. These approaches do damage to your body, and in many cases actually make it harder to …
Don’t let the holiday season ruin your progress As Christmas rapidly approaches conversation in our Manchester personal training gym is turning to whether everyone is ready and prepared for it. For a lot of us, Christmas is a time to chill back and enjoy a relaxed time with friends and family, for others, it’s a …
Many people believe that farmed salmon is a health food – but is it really? Levels of essential and healthy omega 3 fatty acids found in farmed salmon – the reason many of us eat it – have almost halved in the last 5 years (1). And the amount of pesticides used in Scottish salmon …
Farmed Salmon: Still The Health Food You Think It Is? Read More »
Personal training for Manchester city centre professionals If you’re a time limited Manchester city centre professional or business person who needs to balance the demands of your career with looking, feeling and performing to your maximum potential, you’re in the right place. Unless you make a conscious decision to prioritise critical factors such as nutrition, …
Personal training for health in Manchester Creating optimal, outstanding health is the foundation for all of our results – after all, what’s the point in having a great body (or a body at all) if you feel horrible and lack the energy to make use of it? When we create outstanding health through our personal …
For Women Who Want To Look and Feel Fabulous Fast Do you want the body you’ve always dreamed of, to feel ‘toned’, vibrant and confident? Many of the women who come to train with us at Optimised have endured half a lifetime – or more – of fat loss frustration, trying various diets but never …